Of course, apocalyptic thought understood eschatology as a restoration of protology (cf. 1 Enoch 45:4; 72:1; 4 Ezra 7:123; 8:52; 2 Bar. 21:17; 56:2), so the logic works in both directions. We are to live in this age according to our protological design, which ultimately will be restored in our eschatological destiny.
We were both created for godliness, and we are destined for it.
Therefore, “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” (Rom. 13:14). “The flesh” here presumably refers to our bodies in this age before the resurrection (cf. Rom. 1:3; 8:3ff.; 1 Cor. 5:5; 15:50; Gal. 2:20; 6:8). Putting on Jesus Christ involves living according to our eschatological hope rather than the desires of our corrupt flesh in this age. - John P. Harrigan
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